Improvement in hog-elevators



UTD STATES PATENT GFFICE.

W'ILLIAM E. KELLY, OF SUSQUEHANNA TOVN SHIP, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PA.

lMPROVEMENT IN HOG-ELEVATCRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,382, dated June 23,1874; application tiled December 29, 1873.

To all whom. fit may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM E. KELLY, ot' Susquehanna township, in thecounty of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Hoisting and Hanging Apparatus for OutdoorButcherin g, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a side view ot' my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a top viewof the same.

Similar letters ot' reterencc indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved apparatus foroutdoor butchering, for hoisting and hanging hogs, cattle, and otheranimals, and which shall be simple in construction, and convenient inuse, enabling the work to be done with a slight exertion of power. Theinvention consists in the slotted posts, cross-bars, longitudinal bars,slotted beam, pulley, hoisting-rope, and pivoted bar, arranged tooperate, in connection with each other, as hereinafter fully described.

A are two posts, which a-re setin the ground at any desired distanceapart, according to the desired number ot' animals to be hung up at atime. B are cross-bars, which are passed through holes or niortises inthe posts A at right angles to the plane of said posts. Two or more ofthe cross-bars B may be attached to each ot' the posts A, and in theupper sides of their end parts are formed notches, to receive thelongitudinal bars C, a pair of which is connected with each pair ofcross-bars B. The bars U are notched upon their upper edges, to receivethe gambrels when suspending the carcasses. rlhe upper ends ot' theposts A are connected together by a beam, D, the end parts of which aresecured in notches in the said upper ends of the said posts A. lhe beamD is slotted longitudinally and vertically, and in its upper edge areformed notches, to receive the ljournals otl the pulley E, around whichpasses a rope, F, to one end of which is secured, or in it is formed, aneye, to receive the h ook G, attached to the gambrel H. The rope Fpasses through a slot in one 0f the posts, and has a loop formed uponits other end, which is passed around the bar I, and secured by twobelaying-pins, J, passed through the said bar. Several holes are formedthrough the bar I, to receive the pins J, so that the rope F may bereadily adjusted as the height to which the animal is to be raised mayrequire. rIhe inner end of the bar I passes int-o, and -is pivoted in, amortise or slot in the lower part of the post A. K is a short chain, toone end ot' which is attached a short cross-bar, L, which is designed torest upon the upper edge of the beam D, close to the rear edge of thepulley E, while the chain K hangs down through the slot ofthe beam D.With this construction, byraising the outer end of the bar I, the endot' the rope E runs down, so that its eye may be placed upon the hook G.Then, by lowering the free end of the bar I, the animal will be raised,so that the gambi-el may be turned Ato rest upon the bars C. In case onemovementotl the bar I be not sui-ticient to raise the carcass to thedesired height, a link of the chain K is passed over the hook G, so thatthe carcass may be supported by the said chain, while the attachment ofthe rope F to the bar I may be adjusted for another lift.

The apparatus -Inay be used for scalding hogs, by sinking thescaldingbarrcl in the ground at one end of the apparatus, and passingthe rope F over pulleys pivoted in the slots in the upper part ot' theposts A,.as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, so that the hog may belowered into or raised out ot' the water by operating the bar I.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The slotted posts A, cross-bars B, longitudinal barsC, slotted bea-m D, pulley E, rope F, and pivotcd bar I, arranged tooperate, in connection with each other, substantially as herein shownand described.

IVILLIAM EDWARD KELLY.

W'itn esses PHILIP D. FELTY, II. M. BRUBAKER.

